112+ Best Quotes For Your Event Planning Business [2024]

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Updated: January 19th, 2023

Looking for inspirational quotes for your event planning business?

Whether you’re looking for motivation, a witty instagram caption, or something to win over your team and customers, we have you covered.

We put together a list of 112+ best quotes for your event planning business [2024].

Here they are:

Inspirational Quotes

“I learned that when advertising you have to try different and unique ideas. From this you will learn what will work for your specific clientele, this process is a trial and error.” – Akshay Patel, founder of Simply Decor and Events
“Who you partner with in general is everything. From our earliest investors, the friends who helped get things off the ground, and to the kickass team I have today, every ounce of Mystery's success lies in the people who make it happen.” – Shane Kovalsky, founder of Mystery
“Because we’ve focused so much on a product to make people happier, it’s been pretty easy to recognize the product fit. When it’s working, you know. When it’s not working… oh yeah, we know that too.” – Shane Kovalsky, founder of Mystery
“Plans are nothing. Planning is everything.” – Albert Einstein
“There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” – Bruce Lee
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln
“We overestimate the event and underestimate the process. Every fulfilled dream occurred because of dedication.” – John C. Maxwell
“There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.” – Douglas H. Everett
“There are dreamers and there are planners; the planners make their dreams come true.” -Edwin Louis Cole
“Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.” – Henry Ford
“The most essential factor is persistence — the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.” – James Whitcomb Riley
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” - Steve Jobs
“If you can’t stop thinking about it, don’t stop working for it.” – Unknown
“Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.” – Hazrat Inavat Khan
“Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.” – Winston Churchill
“People make events into stories. Stories give event meaning” – Scarlett Thomas
“’Plan B’ might have been ‘Plan A’ all along” – Craig D. Lounsbrough
“If creature comforts (room temperature, proper food and drink, places to sit, etc.) have been addressed, you have creative license to entertain and design with as progressive or unorthodox of an approach as desired – there are no rules.” – Kristin Banta
“A man who does not plan long ahead will find trouble at his door.” – Confucius
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
“Don’t find fault. Find a remedy.” – Henry Ford
“Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.” – Hazrat Inayat Khan
"Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.” -Hazrat Inavat Khan
“’Plan B’ might have been ‘Plan A’ all along.” – Craig D. Lounsbrough
“There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.” -- Unknown
“Don’t find fault. Find a remedy.” -Henry Ford
“Nothing will work unless you do.” - Maya Angelou
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Professional Quotes

“To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” – Leonard Bernstein
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” -Albert Einstein
“There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.” -Douglas H. Everett
“Planning is a skill and an art which takes a lifetime to master.” -- Paddick Van Zyl
“Never look back unless you are planning on going that way.” – Henry David Thoreau
”Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.” -Hazrat Inavat Khan
“Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.” -Paul J. Meyer
“Whatever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and they will want to bring others and show them how well you do what you do.” -Walt Disney
“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal -- a commitment to excellence -- that will enable you to attain the success you seek.” -Mario Andretti
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” -Charles Darwin
“When life puts you in tough situations don’t think ‘why me’ think ‘try me.'” – Unknown
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” -Benjamin Franklin
“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.” -Jamie Paolinetti
“Just because you have planned something doesn’t mean it is going to happen.” – Jung Lee
"Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.” -Booker T. Washington
“A man who does not plan long ahead will find trouble at his door.”–Confucius
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” --Eleanor Roosevelt
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” -Leonardo Da Vinci
“To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time.” – Leonard Bernstein
“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal — a commitment to excellence — that will enable you to attain the success you seek.” -Mario Andretti
“The days of serving a vegetarian a bowl of overcooked pasta while everyone else eats filet and shrimp are over.” – Cassie Brown
“If Plan A fails, remember there are 25 more letters.” -- Chris Guillebeau
"To acheive great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time"- Leonard Bernstein
“Always remember the reason why you started, especially in those moments when self-doubt comes in. The reason you started will always pull you out of the shadows.” – Lily Ehumadu
“A bad plan is better than no plan, and the most important quality of any plan is the flexibility to change.” – Judson L. Moore
“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.” -- Jack London
“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” – Gloria Steinem

Life Quotes

“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.” -William James
“My best advice to entrepreneurs is this: Forget about making mistakes, just do it.” -Ajaero Tony Martins
“If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the ax.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” – Vince Lombaridi
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Mile by mile one hits the milestone.” – Amit Kalantri
“My best advice to entrepreneurs is this: Forget about making mistakes, just do it.”-Ajaero Tony Martins
“An event is not over until everyone is tired of talking about it.” – Mason Cooley
“Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.” -Booker T. Washington
“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” -James Dean
“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” – Ella Fitzgerald
“Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.” – Thomas Edison
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” -Elbert Hubbard
“Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.” – John Wooden
“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“The first rule for choosing vendors is to avoid those who suggest your budget isn’t sufficient. The planning process should be about taking your ideas and making them work.” – Mindy Weiss
“Do small things with great love.” -- Mother Teresa
“Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – James Dean
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” – Vince Lombardi
“Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded.” -- Wayne Dyer
“If Plan A didn’t work the alphabet has 25 more letters. Stay cool.” – Unknown
“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” ― Warren Buffett
“People make events into stories. Stories give events meaning.” – Scarlett Thomas
“Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.” – Alan Dean Foster
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Rachel Mueller-Lust,
“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Positive Quotes

“I’m always saying to my friends and my family and my clients, let’s just multiply this thing. Not one beautiful inflatable unicorn in the swimming pool, let’s have 20. It’s a simple idea but it will make a big impact.” – Bryan Rafanelli
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” -Henry Ford
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” – Sharon Begley
“A man who does not plan long ahead will find trouble at his door.” -Confucius
“A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.” – Brian Tracy
“Grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.” – Michaelangelo
"Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” -Peter Drucker
“So live life with your eyes wide open so you can embrace unexpected moments because you never know when you will be inspired.” – David Tutera
To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time.” -Leonard Bernstein
“If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.” -Dean Smith
“Good planning I’ve always thought is in the details…Plan it out, make it interesting, and you’re sure to pull it off!” – Eddie Ross
“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” – Yogi Berra
“Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.” -Ken Poirot
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” -Vince Lombardi
“The power of imagination makes us infinite.” – John Muir
“If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.” – Dean Smith
“Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.”- Paul J. Meyer
“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” -Peter Drucker
“The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost
“She knows herself to be at the mercy of events, and she knows by now that events have no mercy.” – Margaret Atwood
“I’m in charge of thinking of things before people know they need them.” – Joan Harris
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller
“An event shouldn’t be just an experiential thing, it should be an emotional thing.” – Amit Kalantri
“To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time.” --Leonard Bernstein
“Good plans shape good decisions. That’s why good planning helps to make elusive dreams come true.” – Geoffrey Fisher
“Whether I am working with an individual on life goals or a company on a big event, I create, I coach and I empower. The ultimate story I like to tell is to love others as you would like to be loved yourself,” – DeJane Hill
"Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.” - Paul J. Meyer

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